Ghana’s Football Association (GFA) denied British media reports on Monday that it had agreed to rig international matches and asked Ghanaian police to investigate two GFA officials the reports linked to the deal.
The Daily Telegraph and Channel 4 television’s Dispatches programme in London said they uncovered the case during a six-month investigation into match-fixing.
GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi said the reports were “a representation of half-truths and half-lies.
“It’s not true that we have agreed with match fixers or people who intend to organise matches of convenience between the Black Stars and any opponent in the future,” he said from Maceio in Brazil where Ghana are based for the World Cup finals. FIFA said they had been contacted by the Ghana Football Association on the matter.
“In line with standard procedures, FIFA’s Security Division is evaluating the matter. It is important to note that we have no indications that the integrity of the World Cup has been compromised,” a spokesman told Reuters.
A reporter for the newspaper and a former investigator for world soccer’s governing body FIFA claimed to represent a company that would buy the rights to friendly matches.